Re: [tied] Prehellenic Tetrapolis

From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
Message: 5798
Date: 2001-01-27

On Sat, 27 Jan 2001 00:13:01 , "Glen Gordon"
<glengordon01@...> wrote:

>I knew something was incorrect and I've given Miguel enough to time to
>correct himself. I found the reference. It's Massimo Pallotino's "The
>Etruscans" alright and he states on page 216 concerning the issue of whether
>/huth/ really means "six" because of the Tuscania dice or just "four":
>
> "The only doubt that may persist concerns the
> identification of the prehellenic place name
> Ytte:nia as TetrĂ¡polis."
>
>The name is written in Greek letters in the book but the initial apostrophe
>is clearly glottal, not aspirate, before the upsilon.

It's a typo.


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